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MICROCREDENTIAL

Infrastructure Law: Delivering projects and managing risks

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$2,500.00

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MODE

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DURATION

 6 wks

COMMITMENT

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Good planning and contracting is essential to success in major infrastructure projects, requiring clear and effective communication between professionals from different disciplines. With this goal in mind, in this microcredential from UTS Open, you’ll engage with aspects of major infrastructure projects with a focus on risk allocation and stakeholder protection in the contracting process.

About this microcredential

Major infrastructure projects are on the rise – and so too are risks to stakeholders. This UTS Open microcredential will introduce you to the legal and commercial elements of these major construction initiatives, equipping you with the expertise to plan, contract and allocate risk effectively.

This course is part of a planned suite of infrastructure law microcredentials designed for legal and construction professionals. Over the course of 6 weeks, including three afternoon sessions on campus, you’ll explore major infrastructure risk management, delivery and pricing structures, costs and contracts, expanding your knowledge of the concepts and terminology that underpin these projects.

Course content is delivered by leading law academics and building industry experts, and divided into the following four modules:

  • Delivering projects
  • Managing project risks
  • Pre-contract planning
  • Managing liability.

By the end of your studies, you’ll able to communicate more effectively with the many disciplines involved in major infrastructure initiatives, helping to avoid misunderstandings in drafting and performance of contracts.

Key benefits of this microcredential

In this microcredential you will:

  • Gain valuable knowledge of risk management and contract drafting for major infrastructure projects
  • Examine the life-cycle of a project through a series of case studies
  • Benefit from multi-disciplinary expert insights
  • Build your knowledge of key legal and construction concepts and terminology
  • Network with other infrastructure professionals.
  • Postgraduate students in project management, property development or law.

CPD points: For NSW lawyers seeking to include this study towards their legal Continuing Professional Development requirements, note that aspects of this course may be counted for CPD units (one legal CPD unit per hour of relevant study, self-determined by the individual).

This microcredential aligns with the 2 credit point subject, Infrastructure Law: Delivering Projects and Managing Risks (78601) in the following UTS postgraduate courses:

  • Faculty of Law - Juris Doctor (C04236), Master of Laws (C04143) and Master of Legal Studies (C04264) and selected other award courses
  • Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building – Master of Project Management (C04006) and Master of Property Development (C04008)
  • Faculty of Engineering & IT - Graduate Diploma in Professional Practice (C06136), Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice (C11298) and Graduate Certificate in Technology (C11301)

This microcredential may qualify for recognition of prior learning at this and other institutions.

Who should do this microcredential?

This microcredential is suitable for professionals involved in planning and delivery of major infrastructure projects. This includes, but isn’t limited to:

  • Lawyers working in building and construction law at all levels
  • General counsel and other legal experts working in aligned industry sectors
  • Builders and other major infrastructure trade professionals
  • Architects, designers, engineers and planners
  • Project managers, quantity surveyors and sub-contractors
  • Government agencies concerned with major infrastructure projects
  • Postgraduate students in project management, property development or law.

Price

Full price: $2,500 (GST free)*

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.

Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.  

Enrolment conditions

COVID-19 response 

Additional course information

Course outline

This course is delivered over a six-week period; the content has been structured into four topic areas, presented as Modules on Canvas with self-study materials. The course topics will be discussed over two facilitated on-campus sessions on consecutive Fridays (Weeks 2 and 3), with a third on-campus session held two weeks later (Week 5) to conduct the first assessment. The course ends with the submission of the second assessment task.

Preliminary activities

Participants complete online readings, activities and assessment tasks, prior to and between the on-campus sessions on the following dates:

Day 1 On-campus

4 hours of content (Topics 1 and 2)

12:30pm to 5:30pm with 60 mins of break(s)

Topic 1: Delivering projects

  • What is a project?
  • Stakeholders
  • Project cycles
  • Risk
  • Procurement and bidding for projects.

Presenters: 

Andrew Chew, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Professorial Fellow, UTS Faculty of Law

Associate Professor Peter Smith, Associate Head of School and Program Director - Construction Project Management, School of the Built Environment, UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building (DAB)

Topic 2: Managing project risks 

  • Delivery structures
  • Contract forms
  • Pricing structures.

Presenters:

Andrew Chew, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Professorial Fellow, UTS Law

Owen Hayford, Principal, Infralegal

Day 2 On-campus

4 hours of content (Topics 3 and 4)

12:30pm to 5:30pm with 60 mins of break(s)

Topic 3: Pre-contract planning

  • Project objectives: time, cost, quality, performance
  • Level of influence over the project life cycle
  • The impact of contract type on time (and cost)
  • Developing the contract program
  • Documenting the contract program basis (and program obligations)
  • Common causes of delays and basic concepts of delay claims.

Presenters:

Andrew Chew, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Professorial Fellow, UTS Law

Alberto Sanchez, Head of Planning, Lendlease and NSW Committee Chair of AACE Australia Section

Topic 4: Managing liability

  • Liabilities (including limitation and exclusions)
  • Indemnities and releases
  • Indirect and consequential loss
  • Insurances
  • Managing counterparty risk.

Presenters:

Andrew Chew, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Professorial Fellow, UTS Law

Dr Robin Bowley, Lecturer, UTS Law

Day 3 On-campus

Assessment task 1: Group presentations

Final day  – Submission of Assessment task 2.

Course learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this microcredential course participants should be able to:

  • Identify legal and commercial risk in major infrastructure projects
  • Anticipate and manage time, cost, quality and performance issues through effective planning and contract drafting
  • Understand major infrastructure projects from a multi-disciplinary perspective, including the practical and legal implications of the relationships between the parties
  • Contribute to and, where appropriate, lead team exercises such as group presentations
  • Demonstrate high standards of professional communication in written and oral work.

Assessment

In order to pass this course, participants must complete both assessment tasks and achieve an overall mark of 50 and above (minimum Pass). The weighting for each assessment task is indicated in brackets.

1 – Group presentation (40%), duration 5 minutes

Presentations will be delivered during the session on On-campus Day 3

Enrolled participants will be divided into groups. Marks for this assessment task are awarded for both group performance (20% of overall mark) and individual contribution (20% of overall mark).

2 – Individual written submission (60%), word limit 1,000 words

Participants will be required to write and submit individual responses to a set of questions. The written submission word limit is 1,000 words. This assessment task will be due two weeks after On-campus Day 3.

Requirements

Mandatory

This course consists of both online learning, with course materials provided via the Canvas LMS, and on-campus sessions facilitated by UTS staff and industry experts at UTS Broadway campus. You will need:

Participant requirements and equipment

To complete this online course you will need a personal computer with reliable Internet access and an operating system with a web browser compatible with the Canvas LMS.

Discounts

Discounts are available for this course as follows:

  • Multiple enrolments from the same organisation:
    • 2-4 participants 10%
    • 5+ participants 15%
  • 10% discount for UTS alumni and staff

Discounts cannot be combined and only one discount can be applied per person per course session. Discounts can only be applied to the full price. Discounts cannot be applied to any offered special price. 

How to obtain your discount voucher code (UTS alumni)

  • Please contact the team at support@open.uts.edu.au with your student number to obtain your discount voucher code. 

How to enrol and obtain your UTS staff discount (UTS staff)

How to apply your discount voucher 

  • If you are eligible for a UTS alumni discount, please ensure you have provided your UTS student number in your UTS Open Profile (under “A bit about you”). If you have forgotten your UTS student number, email support@open.uts.edu.au with your full name, UTS degree and year of commencement.  
  • Add this course to your cart 
  • Click on "View Cart" (blue shopping trolley at top right of screen). You will need to sign in or sign up to UTS Open 
  • Enter your eligible code beneath the “Have a code?” prompt and click on the blue "Apply" button 
  • Verify your voucher code has been successfully applied before clicking on the blue "Checkout" button. 

 

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